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[ad_1] Venus of Willendorf. Credit: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the world’s earliest examples of art, the enigmatic “Venus” statuettes sculpted some 30,000 years ago, have intrigued and perplexed scientists for nearly two centuries. Now a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus believes he has …

[ad_1] Aquatic anole with colored dewlap. Credit: J. Montemarano. In the world of lizards, the bright colors attract the interest of females looking for mates. But they can make colored males desirable for other eyes as well – like lunch. Lindsey Swierk is the first author of an article in …

[ad_1] Statisticians say that intelligent life evolution is “exceptionally rare” and that human-like civilizations are extremely unlikely to exist on other planets. In a new paper, Oxford researchers theorize that for life to evolve the same way in other parts of the universe it would take longer than Earth’s entire …

[ad_1] The “revolutionary” telescope acquires panoramic images of deep space at record speeds and paves the way for new discoveries. A powerful new telescope in the Australian outback has mapped large areas of the universe in record time, revealing a million new galaxies and paving the way for new discoveries, …

[ad_1] The skies of South Australia will light up this weekend when a six-year space operation, the first of its kind, ends. The Hayabusa2 mission will end in the desert near Woomera, very far from its launch point in Japan and millions of kilometers from the asteroid it detected. “We …

[ad_1] More than 100 drivers were stopped on two streets in Edinburgh as traffic police launched a major crackdown on bad driving in the south of the city. Officers spent Saturday morning on Burdiehouse Road and Monday morning on Braids Road, where they stopped a total of 110 motorists. Numerous …

[ad_1] First stage of Electron recovery by the ship “Catch of the Day”. Photo: Rocket Lab Luxembourg, 1 December 2020. – Ready for the next “Catch of the Day”: Launch company Rocket Lab has released details of its recent “Return to Sender” mission in which it recovered the first stage …

[ad_1] Photo: NewRocket Luxembourg, 1 December 2020. – Promoting innovation: Israeli startup NewRocket develops a new gel-powered space engine that is “powerful, controllable and environmentally friendly,” the company said. The “revolutionary PowerGel propellant offers eco-friendly propulsion, without compromising high performance and full active thrust control,” says NewRocket. “(L) the propellant …

[ad_1] A widespread release of methane from the seabed has been reported in many regions of the world’s oceans over the past decade. However, how methane escapes from these deep formations is poorly understood. More specifically, scientists are perplexed. Around the world, several on-site observations have shown vigorous columns of …

[ad_1] Make it bigger / Pathfinder Rover took this photo. He did not need oxygen, unlike the weak and lazy humans who wanted to walk his path. If humans visit Mars, they may need to craft some important resources as they can avoid having to search long to be there …